Rice — Area harvested in Mozambique
Mozambique: Rice — Area harvested was 273,082 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Rice — Area harvested in Mozambique, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Mozambique recorded 273,082 ha for rice — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 25.3% on the previous year and down 27.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — area harvested in Mozambique peaked at 376,500 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 60,000 ha, in 1961.
That places Mozambique 30th out of 133 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Rice — Area harvested in Mozambique, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 60,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 60,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 65,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 1964 | 65,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 62,000 ha | -4.6% |
| 1966 | 75,000 ha | +21.0% |
| 1967 | 75,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 74,589 ha | -0.5% |
| 1969 | 73,660 ha | -1.2% |
| 1970 | 76,893 ha | +4.4% |
| 1971 | 78,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1972 | 76,000 ha | -2.6% |
| 1973 | 75,000 ha | -1.3% |
| 1974 | 75,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 75,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 75,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 80,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1978 | 85,000 ha | +6.2% |
| 1979 | 90,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1980 | 90,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 95,000 ha | +5.6% |
| 1982 | 95,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 100,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1984 | 100,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 100,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 100,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 105,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 1988 | 105,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 110,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 1990 | 110,160 ha | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 106,507 ha | -3.3% |
| 1992 | 109,162 ha | +2.5% |
| 1993 | 105,402 ha | -3.4% |
| 1994 | 121,287 ha | +15.1% |
| 1995 | 129,605 ha | +6.9% |
| 1996 | 144,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1997 | 165,274 ha | +14.8% |
| 1998 | 181,000 ha | +9.5% |
| 1999 | 186,086 ha | +2.8% |
| 2000 | 184,196 ha | -1.0% |
| 2001 | 174,233 ha | -5.4% |
| 2002 | 334,800 ha | +92.2% |
| 2003 | 326,364 ha | -2.5% |
| 2004 | 323,000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 317,800 ha | -1.6% |
| 2006 | 357,700 ha | +12.6% |
| 2007 | 362,200 ha | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 310,900 ha | -14.2% |
| 2009 | 323,000 ha | +3.9% |
| 2010 | 226,593 ha | -29.8% |
| 2011 | 238,778 ha | +5.4% |
| 2012 | 363,392 ha | +52.2% |
| 2013 | 353,186 ha | -2.8% |
| 2014 | 376,500 ha | +6.6% |
| 2015 | 230,611 ha | -38.7% |
| 2016 | 327,458 ha | +42.0% |
| 2017 | 325,004 ha | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 322,550 ha | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 369,746 ha | +14.6% |
| 2020 | 283,920 ha | -23.2% |
| 2021 | 226,500 ha | -20.2% |
| 2022 | 255,497 ha | +12.8% |
| 2023 | 365,796 ha | +43.2% |
| 2024 | 273,082 ha | -25.3% |
Mozambique compared with similar countries
- Mozambique's 273,082 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 114,310 ha, 2.4× the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Mozambique's 273,082 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 88,500 ha, 3.1× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Rice — Area harvested in Mozambique changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +92.2% | 174,233 ha | 334,800 ha |
| 2012 | +52.2% | 238,778 ha | 363,392 ha |
| 2023 | +43.2% | 255,497 ha | 365,796 ha |
| 2016 | +42.0% | 230,611 ha | 327,458 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 67,805 ha | 60,000 ha | 75,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 78,589 ha | 75,000 ha | 90,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 100,000 ha | 90,000 ha | 110,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 135,848 ha | 105,402 ha | 186,086 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 301,419 ha | 174,233 ha | 362,200 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 313,382 ha | 226,593 ha | 376,500 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 280,959 ha | 226,500 ha | 365,796 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Mozambique
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.2557 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2557 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 160.3 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.63 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6279 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 25.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 25.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — area harvested in Mozambique?
- Rice — area harvested in Mozambique was 273,082 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — area harvested recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 376,500 ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest rice — area harvested recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 60,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Mozambique rank for rice — area harvested?
- Mozambique ranks 30th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — area harvested rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mozambique data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Rice — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.